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Robo Prize a claimed PRIZE VALUE of Millions of Dollars. The idea of offering prize-money to help advance technology is not new. Throughout history, prize money has motivated people to achieve great things. Lindbergh would not have been the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic if it wasn't for the prize money. In fact, that was said to be one of his main motivating factor!

Domestic robot        An open source robot is bidding to become the standard research model.

New Scientist

There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but who cares when you can have a free robot? Ten lucky researchers are getting a new model gratis from Silicon Valley robotics lab Willow Garage.

The PR2 is being given away in an attempt to establish a standard hardware platform to help roboticists build on each other's work and independently verify claims of robotic prowess.

Most robots destined for research have custom-built hardware and software, which means the researcher spends more time tweaking and troubleshooting than designing new and smarter behaviour, says Keenan Wyrobek, a Willow Garage engineer developing robots to work directly with people.

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Wyrobek hopes that PR2 will do the same for "mobile manipulation". Each of the robot's two arms can lift up to 1.8 kilograms each, and it has two cameras and a 3D laser scanner to help it picture the world around it and identify objects.

Wyrobek hopes that PR2 will do the same for "mobile manipulation". Each of the robot's two arms can lift up to 1.8 kilograms each, and it has two cameras and a 3D laser scanner to help it picture the world around it and identify objects

One research team from University of California, Berkeley, has already used these abilities to have the robot plug itself into the mains and fold towels: easy tasks for humans but fiendishly difficult for robots

Ability to use Aps, applications that may be downloaded and shared

Japanese department store offers robots that look like their buyers    
Robot that looks like you   We all knew this day would come and we all knew this would happen first in Japan. And local department store chain operator Sogo & Seibu is ready to make it possible: You can soon buy robots who look exactly like you. Right, life-size humanoids.

The company isn't that sure about its idea though as it plans to offer just two robots for the time being. Sogo & Seibu says they'll start accepting orders in all of their department stores in Japan as soon as early next month. But if there are three or more people interested in getting a robotic doppelgänger, buyers will be chosen by lot.

The Honda Asimo

Now knows how to navigate around people in work areas, a seemingly simple, yet complex task. It can also share and coordinate tasks with other Asimos and dock itself at the recharge station as needed. These abilities enable the Asimo to be more autonomous in a workplace and bring it one step closer to replacing actual humans.

Honda developed an intelligence technology that enhances smooth movement by enabling ASIMO to choose between stepping back and yielding the right-of-way or continuing to walk based on the predicted movement of oncoming people. Honda also developed a new intelligence technology related to ASIMO's ability to perform tasks such as carrying a tray and pushing a cart. Furthermore, a new comprehensive system was developed so that multiple ASIMOs can share tasks by adjusting to the situation and work together in coordination to provide uninterrupted service. For example, if one ASIMO is idled while recharging, other ASIMO robots will step in and perform assigned tasks.ASIMO identifies oncoming people through its eye camera, calculates traveling direction and speed, predicts forthcoming movements of oncoming people, and chooses the most appropriate path so that it will not block the movement of others. When there is not enough space, ASIMO will step back and yield the right-of-way. (newlaunches)

New ASIMO Robot abilities Dec 2007 release

Fembot Aiko getting poked at Ontario Science Center Roboter Insect

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Robot Cleaners iRobot Web Specials Let' our cleaning Robots take care of those tasks even while you are not at home.

Google X-Prize by building lunar missions complete with robotic rovers capable of roaming the surface of the moon for at least 500 meters and sending video, images and other data back to Earth, according to a statement from the X Prize Foundation.  Google Lunar X Prize

ROS is an open-source, meta-operating system for your robot. It provides the services you would expect from an operating system, including hardware abstraction, low-level device control, implementation of commonly-used functionality, message-passing between processes, and package management. Robots Using ROS series  for articles on the variety of ways that ROS has been used with robots.

First Objective For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is a unique varsity sport of the mind designed to help high-school-aged young people discover how interesting and rewarding the life of engineers and researchers can be.

Phone controlled bipedal walking robot with multi-touch gestures        
 
Yuta Sugiura and his colleagues at the Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University, have developed a new control scheme for robots and virtual characters called Walky for the iPhone. Rather than using a cumbersome game controller or keyboard, which may pose a problem for novice users, they can use Walky to control walking, turning, jumping, kicking, and other actions through simple finger gestures on the iPhone's touch screen.

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Spider Pill Robot crawls through the body.

The BBC is reporting on a wirelessly controlled "spider pill" being developed somewhere in Italy. The device supposedly has eight legs and reportedly can crawl through intestines. With an attached video camera, the device might actually become a diagnostic modality for imaging the intestinal tract. The big question is whether it is more unpleasant to have a colonoscope defile you or a robotic gerbil crawl through the insides.

ButlerBot serves cans from RoboFridge   Norris Labs Steve Norris, Boston, MA, wrote in with his latest project: a robot that'll bring you a beer. The Beverage Delivery System (BDS) is an ambitious project of mine to create a fully automated inter-home delivery system. Anyone who has built a robot has, at one point or another, been asked the question "but can it bring me a beer?"; I'm sure that like me, roboticists all over the world have grown weary of this question. The Beverage Delivery System is the answer to this age old problem, a problem that has plagued mankind since the invention of the canned beverage.

Baxter is the transport component of my Beverage Delivery System (BDS). Supporting Baxter is a fixed location dispenser robot called RoboFridge. You can think of a RoboFridge as a kind of soda vending machine that does not require money. Like a real vending machine RoboFridge supports the dispensing of canned beverages. The concept of the BDS could even be extended to non-food items like medications, DVDs and books.

The BDS process starts when a user requests an item using a simple remote control. Baxter is activated from his sleep mode and navigates to RoboFridge using a variety of navigation techniques. These include dead reckoning using encoders, IR beacons, and line following.

Once he arrives Baxter will initiate a docking sequence with RoboFridge. After docking, RoboFridge deposits the canned beverage into Baxter's cargo area. Baxter then undocks and navigates back to the thirsty user to deliver the beverage.

Finally I can get a frosty cold beverage delivered to me in my favorite easy chair without any effort or argument!

Issac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics are a set of three rules written by Isaac Asimov, which almost all positronic robots appearing in his fiction must obey. Introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround", although foreshadowed in a few earlier stories, the Laws state the following:-

  1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
  2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
  3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

A Robot Bill of Rights. (Ethical code for robots in works).

Ethics for the Robot Age - Should bots carry weapons? Should they win patents? Questions we must answer as automation advances. View by Jordan Pollack. Wired Magazine (January 2005; Issue 13.01). "My definition of a robot is any device controlled by software that can work 24/7 and put people out of work. The machines are not intelligent. ... In case you missed them, today's most popular robots are ATMs and computer printers. While our hopes for and fears of robots may be overblown, there is plenty to worry about as automation progresses. The future will have many more robots, and they'll most certainly be much more advanced. This raises important ethical questions that we must begin to confront. 1. Should robots be humanoid? ... 2. Should humans become robots? ... 4. Should robots eat? ... 6. Should robots carry weapons? ..."

A new set of laws has been proposed to govern operations by killer robots. (PDF format), The ideas were floated by John S Canning, an engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Centre, Dahlgren Division an American weapons-research and test establishment. Mr Canning's Concept of Operations for Armed Autonomous Systems .

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Transformers 3 Filming Accident
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:41:01 GMT -

                           

During filming for the Transformers 3 movie, a stunt went terribly wrong and an extra was injured. The accident involved several vehicles with an object going through a windshield hitting the driver resulting in a serious head injury. Filming was taking place in Hammond in northwestern Indiana. Several videos exist of the movie shooting in Chicago on Youtube, along with some funny trailers. Transformers 3 is scheduled for a July 2011 release.

Frog Sensors Shake Robot Head
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:05:26 GMT -

With more biology than robotics, researchers at University of Tokyo harvested eggs from African Clawed Frogs to build inexpensive olfactory sensors. DNA from fruit flies and moths were added to stimulate production of the sensors known to be good at detecting certain molecules, then electrodes were attached to capture the receptor's output. Now for the "Robot" part - results from the sensors are read by software on a PC and a simple actuator was used to cause a robotic mannequin head to shake back and forth adding impact to the experiment. See the PDF for the full scoop.

RoboCup Returns Golfer's Balls
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:41:23 GMT -

The term RoboCup usually makes us think of a contest involving robots and soccer, but this one is different. The RoboCup Golf Ball Returner from Fine Tune Golf does just what it says, and fairly well too. RoboCup captures your put (even the bad ones using the Caddy Cord) and sends it back for another shot - over 12,000 times on AA batteries, and around 14 feet. Check out the Video.

Robots Swarm Oil Spills
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:41:52 GMT -

In spite of new and unexpected findings by a Berkeley Lab research team that microbes have done an amazing job taking care of the underwater oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico, oil on the surface can cause a lot of damage to wildlife and property if it washes ashore. Researchers at MIT are working out ways to skim that surface oil using a swarm of robots. The robots communicate with each other using a WiFi network, and using GPS then coordinate their movements with software inspired by natural swarms. Oil is dealt with on the spot by heating it thus avoiding a lengthy trip to shore. See the video.

Simple Bots by Randy Sarafan
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:50:39 GMT -

Check out Simple Bots at Instructables. Randy Sarafan, author of 62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer, presents an array of robots using these guidelines: Easy and quick to build, simple, mobile, autonomous, and eventually able to incorporate more complex controls and/or be assimilated by a more complex system. The results are fascinating and include common household objects such as telephone handsets, paint brushes and small plastic containers. Simple bots typically rely on one or more RC servomotors modified for continuous drive for their mobility along with a pack of AA batteries.

Mint Cleans House
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:47:51 GMT -

Freelancer Tim Hornyak, author of "Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots" has written a short review of Evolution Robotics' new Mint floor-cleaning robot over at cnet. Mint is a sweeper/mopper with a unique square-ish shape that improves treatment of corners. Its navigation system keeps track of where it's been so it doesn't miss any spots, and uses sensors to avoid rugs and stairs. Mint uses rectangular disposable cleaning cloths that are compatible with some Swiffer brand cleaning systems and widely available at stores.

WPI named Rookie of Year at IGVC
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:04:38 GMT -

A team of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) seniors was named "Rookie of the Year" for the design and development of its robot, Prometheus, whose purpose is to safely drive around any environment while avoiding obstacles. The team was recognized at the 18th annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC), held this summer at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. Prometheus has a custom-welded frame made out of aluminum, two drive wheels in the back, and one steering wheel in the front. The vehicle uses an array of sensors including differential GPS, a digital compass, video cameras, and a distance sensor that constantly collect and process information about its environment.

Robots: Distributed Flight Array
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:51:23 GMT -

Autonomous distributed modular flying robot at the IDSC at ETH
Zurich

In its latest episode, the Robots Podcast interviews the lead researcher of the Distributed Flight Array and one of my colleagues at the ETH Zurich's IDSC, Raymond Oung. The Distributed Flight Array (DFA) is an aerial modular robot. Each individual module has a single, large propellor and a set of omniwheels to move around. Since a single propellor does not allow stable flight, modules move around to connect to each other. As shown in this video of the DFA, the resulting random shape then takes flight. After a few minutes of hovering the structure breaks up and modules fall back to the ground, restarting the cycle. As most projects at the IDSC, the DFA is grounded in rigorous mathematics and design principles and combines multiple goals: It serves as a real-world testbed for research in distributed estimation and control, it abstracts many of the real-world issues of the next generation of distributed multi-agent systems, and it provides an illustration for otherwise abstract concepts like distributed sensing and control to a general public. For more information on current work, future plans and real-world applications, read on or tune in!

Neuron Interface Chips Advancing
Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:16:42 GMT -

University of Calgary researchers have developed neurochips capable of interfacing to and sensing activity of biological neurons in very high resolution. The new chips are automated so it's now easy to connect multiple brain cells eliminating the years of training it once required. While researchers say this technology could be used for new diagnostic methods and treatments for a variety of neuro-degenerative diseases, this advancement could ultimately lead to the use of biological neurons in the central or sub-processing units of computers and automated machinery.

Robot Finds Worlds Sixth Largest River Undersea
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:43:37 GMT -

Scientists at University of Leeds are using a robotic submarine to study a deep channel that runs along the floor of the Black Sea. The underwater river is denser than the surrounding water and composed of sediment with a high salinity. There are similarities to land-based rivers but also major differences in how the mass flows. Study of the flow is being performed by a 7-metre torpedo-shaped robot called the Autosub3 because its accurate positioning system allows it to be programmed to stay just above the channel to prevent damage.

Robot Eyes Great Pyramid
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:21:52 GMT -

Researchers from Leeds University are working on a camera and drill-weilding robot known as Djedi to solve the mystery of the blocked shafts inside the Great Pyramid at Giza. In 1992 and 2002, remote cameras were sent through the shaft under the watchful eye of antiquities master Dr. Zahi Hawass only to be stopped by limestone doors. Dr. Robert Richardson of the Mechanical Engineering department said their goal is to find out what is beyond the blocks and go as far as possible to discover the purpose of the shafts, all while doing minimal damage to the structure. Final preparations are being made now with hopes of sending the robot in before year's end. Place your bets now!

Engineers Build Ferrari Simulator with Robot Arm
Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:40:53 GMT -

Engineers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany built a Ferrari F1 simulator using an industrial robot arm. The driver sits in a simulated cockpit attached to the end of the arm and lets the driver feel what it's like to take the turns and feel the G's. The stated purpose is to study how humans respond to movement, but we all know the motivation goes far beyond that!

Caterpiller Guts Inspire Engineers
Sat, 7 Aug 2010 01:47:27 GMT -

Unexpected movements within the abdomens of caterpillars are giving scientists new ideas in locomotion engineering for soft-material robots. Using real-time X-Ray imaging, researchers at Virginia Tech and Tufts found that the caterpillar's gut slid forward in advance of the surrounding tissues. These unexpected interactions between internal and external structures offer new efficiencies for motion which could lead to improvements in designs for future robots needing to crawl in certain environments.

New Model Mimics Human Vision Tasks
Thu, 5 Aug 2010 19:19:48 GMT -

Researchers at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research are working on a new mathematical model to mimic the human brain's ability to identify objects. The model can predict human performance on certain visual-perception tasks suggesting it’s a good indication of what's actually happening in the brain. Researchers are hoping the new findings will make their way into future object-recognition systems for automation, mobile robotics, and other applications.

Robots: Science Fiction
Sun, 1 Aug 2010 13:59:15 GMT - The latest episode of Robots dives into the world of Science Fiction with an interview with Patrick Gyger, director of one of the world's major Science Fiction Museums, the "Maison d’Ailleurs" ("House of Elsewhere"). Gyger discusses how science fiction informs on and also shapes the role of robots in society. He points to the important cross-pollination of science and science fiction and finally discusses the consequences of the ever accelerating pace of scientific progress and its consequences for the genre. The second part of the episode is dedicated to a small celebration of the genre with a re-recording of Jack Graham's Selkies. Read on or tune in!
Building Your First Robot
Build The Coat Hanger Walker Robot
StreetTech
A DIY Robot - PC or Laptop Controlled
DIY Line Following Robot
SheekGeek Educational robotic kits
British Robotics
Robotics Design Process
Our robots
Galileo Educational Network
EyeEye Robots
Plant cells for robot control
Lego Education Controlling Robots
Controlling robots that search for Mars life
Force Control and Machine Vision Guide Robots
Robotics, sensing, thinking and acting   Robotic Timeline
Robot Electronics
RoboSavvy
RoboFesta UK
Active Robots

MAKE brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. MAKE is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home. This is a magazine that celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your own will. (Quite a few mini-robots to build in a weekend.)

Make a Reprap Robot Part 1: The Electronics - Weekend Project Podcast Make a Repstrap (Part 2) - Weekend Projects Podcast

Reprap foundation or make your own since the whole project is open source.        (More Computer Numerically Controlled, CNC Links)

Mill Engine. Engineering and Mechanical Portal.  Engineering links, Mechanical links, engineers, machines, engines. Civil Engineering,  architecture, construction, transportation, etc...

Search for Robotics related links on A Science Portal. Ideal for Science Projects. Links to cutting edge science related web sites. Cutting edge science. Research and breakthroughs using State of the Art and discovery's of new sciences, physics, cosmology, the Universe, power sources, control units, memory devices, displays, portable computers, nanotechnology, organic, biological, medical, neurology, mobile, portable, WAP, G3, electronic, etc. Earth science, engineering and bandwidth solutions. Robotics, gadgets, chemical and telecommunications. Social, psychology and politics. A look at the future?  Nanobots, NanoRobots, Nanotechnolgy. Dangers of Nanotechnology. Is Nanotechnology dangerous?

Boston Dynamics Big Dog:- Boston Dynamics Big Dog:-
Stickybot is an embodiment of our hypotheses about the requirements for mobility on vertical surfaces using dry adhesion. The main point is that we don't need more adhesion, we need controllable adhesion. The essential ingredients are:
  • hierarchical compliance for conforming at centimeter, millimeter and micrometer scales,
  • anisotropic dry adhesive materials and structures so that we can control adhesion by controlling shear,
  • distributed active force control that works with compliance and anisotropy to achieve stability.

Stanford StickyBot

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Robots

Jeff's All Things Robot (lots of) links

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Robotics (plenty of them) links Even More Robotics (plenty) Links

Robot Maker Includes Micro and Nano Class Geared Motors.    Nanobots, NanoRobots, Nanotechnolgy. Dangers of Nanotechnology. Is Nanotechnology dangerous?

Used Robots Integrator of Used Industrial Robots.  Robot Resources:

Robot Grrl

Robot Housekeeper Building Small Robots: One Cubic Inch Micro-Sumo Robots and Smaller.

Picks up dirty dishes from the table and carries them to the sink for washing.
Then cleans the floor.
 

Building Small Robots: Making One Cubic Inch Micro-Sumo Robots and Smaller   -   More DIY How To Projects

Worlds Smallest Robot   Build a Very Small Robot
 
  Make The World's Smallest Wheeled Robot With A Gripper. Build a 1/20 cubic inch robot with a gripper that can pick up and move small objects. It is controlled by a Picaxe microcontroller. At this point in time, I believe this may be the world's smallest wheeled robot with a gripper. That will no doubt change, tomorrow or next week, when someone builds so...

Biometal Self Control Robot Citizen mini robots

Dr. Rrobot Inc., is a developer and manufacturer of mobile robotics technology, providing autonomous robots solutions tailored for commercial and industrial security, monitoring and inventory applications.

Lets make robots

Robotics Trends

Robotics Lab

Robot Village

YouTube video   Cratchbot robot navigates with whiskers
 

Interested in sensing things without using sight? So are the researchers at the University of Sheffield and Bristol Robotics Laboratory, who have developed the Scratchbot robot that can navigate by waving around a set of 18 whiskers.

To design their sensors, they began by reverse-engineering a rat's whiskers using high-speed video cameras. After studying how the rat used the whiskers, they developed a mechanical system that was able to perform in a similar manner. The larger whiskers were then outfitted with a magnet and hall effect sensors, which allowed their motion to be observed. Then, instead of developing a traditional software-based motion control system, the researchers developed a neurologically-inspired system that uses an FPGA to simulate how the rat's brain actually reacts to whisker movement. The result is a robot capable of sensing the world around it using only touch.

As a sight-based organism, I find it humbling that there are so many other ways of navigating the world that do not involve light. In this case, the whiskers on many creatures are sensitive enough to detect subtle textures and patterns in the world around them, and this works well as a replacement for vision in navigation. Cool stuff! [via neatorama]

T. R. I, Toy Robots Initiative aims to commercialize robotics technologies for human-robot collaboration in education, toys, entertainment and art. (Don't underrate because of the work Toy)

RoboGames (Formally ROBOlympics), is the world's largest open robot competition.  We invite the best minds from around the world to compete.

Web Japan Trends Robot

Open Directory - Computers: Robotics: Building

Robot Haven A Refuges for Robots.

Robot Group TX artists and engineers who shared a common vision: utilizing technology to provide and explore new mediums for art. Through the synergy of fusing art and technology.

Robotics Institute

Robozes 

Triangle Amateur Robotics (TAR) is dedicated to creating personal robots for fun and knowledge. (North Carolina State University campus)

Robodance 4 works with i-Sobot and Wiimote

Robosapien Dance Machine.

MAKE: Blog pal, and author of Robodance, Robert Oschler, is in the process of updating this free Robosapien control program so that it can also work with the new Tomy i-Sobot, using the IR connection on the robot and the Nintendo Wii remote controller (Wiimote). This video offers a sneak peak of Robodance 4's capabilities.

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HOW TO - Make an OAWR

Obstacle Avoiding Walking Robot)

This Instructable shows how to make a little walking robot which avoids obstacles (much like many commercially available options). But what's the fun in buying a toy when you can instead start with a motor, sheet of plastic and pile of bolts and proceed to build your own. Well I hope you share this attitude and please enjoy.

  HOW TO - Build a robot arm (robot arm clock videos) 

Society of Robots has a great video of a robot arm-clocks

The robot arm is probably the most mathematically complex robot you could ever build. As such, this tutorial cant tell you everything you need to know. Instead, I will take shortcuts and just talk about the bear minimum you need to know to build an effective robot arm. Please bear with the math . . . enjoy!

To get you started, here is a video of a robot arm assignment I had when I took Robotic Manipulation back in college. My group programmed it to type the current time into the keyboard . . . (lesson learned, don't crash robot arms into your keyboard at full speed while testing)

HOW TO - Build a robot arm Link.
In The Future, All Break-Dancing B-Boys Will Be Robots Mobile robot does CNC, (More CNC) :-

:   Sparky - Autonomous Telepresence Robot

Gomi Style, they build a low-cost telepresence robot. There are some "problems" with this video. It's not an "autonomous" robot if *you* control it and the show is called Gomi Style, and they say the robot is made of junk they have lying around, but then, it's made with the Vex robotics system, the MAKE Controller, a Mac Mini, an iSight camera, and an LCD monitor. Still, they manage to make a pretty decent telepresence bot for probably under $1000.

Sparky Jr - Make a DIY Mobile Videochat Telepresence Robot    
  Spark.jr DIY, open source mobile telepresence.Get free software and instructions, plus how-to videos, hardware links and more connecting you the growing community of mobile telepresence and videochat ROV builders.

What is Telepresence?
Telepresence refers to technologies that allow a person to see, hear and sense a location other than their true location, as well as have an effect in that remote location. Commonly referred to as videochat, telepresence is used by surgeons, NASA scientists and rescue workers as well as family and friends in separate locations.

But why Sparky?
SPARKY is a rough acronym for Self Portrait Artifact ? Roving Chassis.

But I?m not technical? How can I build a telepresenece robot?
We provide all the software and easy to follow, step-by-step instructions that will walk you through the process of building and running a robot, using things like Mac Mini?s, Roomba vacuum?s, Vex, Erector set parts and assorted found objects.

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology   Worth watching in full; IMHO.
 

TED India, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop." In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.

About Pranav Mistry  The inventor of SixthSense, a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data.

Pranav Mistry Website 

TED Ideas worth spreading

 

 

Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense    
 

This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry

Was the buzz of Ted. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some.

About Pattie Maes  At the MIT Media Lab's new Fluid Interfaces Group, Pattie Maes researches the tools we use to work with information and connect with one another.

Pattie Maes is an associate professor in MIT Media Lab Program in Media Arts and Sciences

Ted Ideas worth spreading

Large Database of Robotics videos displays of innovation.

Robotics fairs and exhibitions

Robots Dreams   Robot Video's  Robots Resources

Robotcast

Roborama

BotJunkie Obsessively chronicles Man's inevitable descent into cybernetic slavery:-

BotJunkie

Jonesing For Robot News

LittleDog Learns Adaptable Behaviors
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:15:21 +0000 - The robotics journal Autonomous Robots has its own blog, which is intended to take the hardcore robot news from the journal and make it a bit more reader friendly. They also link back to the journal articles, should you need a little of that hardcore techy info. Yeah baby. Anyway, looking back through some of [...]
Robot Plant Somehow Lives In Uncanny Valley
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:48:59 +0000 - Robot plants are not new to BotJunkie, but creepy ones are. Not that this robot plant is intended to be creepy, but like everything in the Uncanny Valley, it just sort of ends up that way. Or maybe it’s just me. Each of the plant’s 169 artificial leaves is controlled by a piece of shape memory [...]
Head Controlled Paintball Robot
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:52:31 +0000 - With just a little bitty Army contract, you can take that robot paintball turret that we saw a week or so ago, mount it on a QinetiQ SWIFT (an intermediate prototype between this and this), and rig it up to be controlled by head movements. It’s not just for the cool factor (although there’s definitely [...]
Trossen Robotics Puts Up Major Swag For DIY Contest
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:05:51 +0000 - Building robots has never been a cheap hobby, but you can offset the expense a bit simply by winning this contest sponsored by Trossen Robotics. They want you to make a robot, any robot, and as long as it’s more super incredibly awesome than any other robot ever made it’s pretty much guaranteed to win [...]
Stickybot III Gets Climbing
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:55:01 +0000 - We were among the very first to see the latest generation of Stanford’s gecko-inspired climbing robot, Stickybot III, earlier this year at the Stanford National Robotics Week event. While Stickbot III could stick to surfaces, the climbing technique (one of those harder than it sounds things) was still in the works. Just recently, they’ve figured [...]
Trees Are No Protection From Snakebots
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:45:18 +0000 - CMU just posted this new vid of their Snakebot (Modsnake) climbing a tree and looking around. It’s still tethered, but it’s a snake, so that just makes it seem more snakey. This isn’t the first video we’ve seen of CMU’s Snakebot climbing stuff, but it’s the first one we’ve seen outside of the lab, so [...]
Marc Raibert On The Future Of BigDog
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:24:59 +0000 - The last few vids we’ve posted on Boston Dynamics’ BigDog haven’t shown much in the way of new capabilities, although DARPA has asked for some upgrades. Back in May (I think, although the video wasn’t posted until now), Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics, gave a talk at Stanford on the current progress and future [...]
FireScout Loses Comm Link, Wanders Over Washington DC
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:21:19 +0000 - In an incident that’s already been blown way out of proportion by headlines like “ROBOT KILL-CHOPPER GOES ROGUE above Washington DC!“, an MQ-8 FireScout temporarily lost its communication link and entered restricted airspace around Washington DC before operators shifted to another ground control station and brought it back to base. Obviously, this isn’t the way [...]
UAV Loses Tail, Wing, More Tail, Barely Notices
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:59:57 +0000 - We already knew that in some specific cases, robots are better pilots than humans, but this footage from Rockwell Collins really drives home the fact that under extreme circumstances, there’s just no out-flying a robot. This small autonomous demonstrator suffers all kinds of damage, but not only does it not crash, it keeps on flying [...]
Microsoft Surface Is The Robot Control System Of The Future
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:15:23 +0000 - I love Microsoft Surface. I’ve been in love with it ever since the hands-on demo I got back at CES 2008. Since then, Surface has trickled into a few retail settings (and become the most epic D&D tabletop evar), but it shines when it comes to practical applications, too. Mark Micire at UMass Lowell has [...]

Hexapod Dance-Off video from the Austrian Hexapod Dance-Off. (Not really a robot but great fun). The Hexapod moves are sure expressive organised by BotJunkie-

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Taking the Drudge out of Drudge Work: Plug Testing
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:32:03 -0400 -

Want to know one of the great things about building robots? If you are given an unenviable assignment, in this case testing new power cords for PR2, the first question you can ask is whether a robot can do it instead.

So that's what we did. In order to validate the insertion life with the receptacle on the back of PR2 we needed to conduct an insertion test thousands of times with different cords from different manufacturers. And we needed to do it right away.

PR2 was up to the task. Instead of having a person manually plugging and unplugging ad infinitum, we spent twenty minutes writing code. The result was a PR2 app that our technicians can now use to run plug insertions as many times as needed.

Open Source Awards: Peter Soetens, Geoffrey Biggs, Giorgio Grisetti
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:37:47 -0400 -

AwardWillow Garage is happy to announce three recipients of the Willow Garage Open Source Achievement Award. This award recognizes individuals in the robotics community who have been leaders in promoting and developing open-source software. Awardees are selected by the Willow Garage research and development team and will receive $2000 as additional thanks for their efforts.

Peter Soetens: Peter Soetens is the lead developer of the Orocos RTT framework for real-time robotics control. He is also the founder of The SourceWorks, which promotes, teaches, and supports the adoption of open source software in machine control applications.

Geoffrey Biggs: Geoffrey Biggs has contributed to numerous open-source robotics frameworks. In addition to being a founder of the Gearbox Project, which promotes framework-independent robotics code, he has been a contributor to Player, OpenRTM, and ROS.

Giorgio Grisetti: Giorgio Grisetti is a main developer of the GMapping and TORO libraries, which are part of the OpenSLAM project. GMapping and TORO have improved scientific research in SLAM and provided important components for real-world robotic systems. Work on these projects was done in conjunction with Cyrill Stachniss, Slawomir Grzonka and Wolfram Burgard.

IR sensors for the Texai, Auto calibration for the PR2
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:04:56 -0400 -

Ze'ev Klapow, our summer intern from Petaluma High School, tackled several challenges to help improve the PR2, Texai, and ROS.

As Texai move into environments outside the Willow Garage offices, it is reasonable to expect that they'll encounter stairs and other potentially hazardous drop-offs. Ze'ev set out to design a low-cost and effective solution to help Texai avoid these hazards. He was able to use multiple, cheap IR sensors -- less than $10 each -- to create an infrared sensor array for the Texai. The prototype uses a ATmega168 microcontroller and three GP2D12/GP2D120 IR rangefinders in a short, medium, and long-range configuration, in order to slow the robot before approaching a drop-off and stop it if gets too close.

Ze'ev also worked on automating more of the PR2 calibration process. PR2 already automates some of its own calibration, including waving a small checkerboard in front of its sensors. However, there are steps that required the help of a person, such as waving a larger checkerboard around for the wide stereo cameras and moving a small checkerboard from the left gripper to the right. With the new "auto calibration" code, the process is now just setup and go. PR2 drives around the large checkerboard on its own and is able to move the small checkerboard from one gripper to the other.

Another project that Ze'ev worked on was making it easier to setup ROS packages with XCode and Cocoa on OS X. You can find more information here.

PR2 Quick Start Contest Videos
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:59:59 -0400 -

Our founder Scott Hassan challenged the PR2 Beta Site participants to get the PR2 to "do something cool, funny, or useful." To be fair to advisors and bosses, entrants were also told that the "competition should not interfere with your work or research duties."

What could these sites do in a short period of time? Checkout the results below.

First Place ($5000): Sockification, Berkeley: Ping Chuan Wang, Stephen Miller, Mario Fritz, Trevor Darrell, Pieter Abbeel

Second Place ($3000): Mailman, Bosch: Ben Pitzer

Third Place ($2000): PR2 Band, University of Pennsylvania: Ben Cohen, Daniel Benamy and Mike Phillips

Other entries

PR2s Available for Sale
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:39:42 -0400 -

With the PR2 Beta Program up and running and in the field, it's time for the next step – PR2s for sale.

It was important for us to wait until we had positive feedback on PR2s from our beta sites before making them commercially available, but that time is near. Next month we will be formally announcing that you can purchase your very own PR2. Stay tuned for more details.

If you would like a quote or more information in the meantime, please email us at PR2info@willowgarage.com.

We are extremely proud of PR2, and have been overwhelmed by the response of the robotics community. Thank you to everyone in the world of open source robotics who has helped to make PR2 and ROS what they are today: an integrated hardware and software platform that provides researchers with immediate productivity.

New in ROS C Turtle: SMACH
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:02:24 -0400 -

One of the new features in ROS C Turtle was a critical component of our recent "hackathons."  When fetching a drink out of a refrigerator, for example, a robot has to perform numerous tasks such as grasping a handle, opening a door, and scanning for drinks.  These tasks have to be carefully orchestrated to deal with unexpected conditions and errors. We've previously used complex task-planning systems to orchestrate these actions, but our developers and researchers needed something more rapid for prototyping robot behaviors.

One of our interns came up with an answer.  SMACH ("State MACHine", pronounced "smash") is a task-specification and coordination architecture that was developed by Jonathan Bohren as part of his second internship here at Willow Garage. Jonathan came to us from the GRASP Lab at University of Pennsylvania and is now headed off to the Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR) at Johns Hopkins.  During his extended stay here, SMACH was used in a variety of PR2 projects.

SMACH was first used in the rewrite of our plugging and doors code, then further refined during our billiards, cart-pushing, and drink-fetching hackathons. In all of these projects, the ability to code these behaviors quickly was critical, as was the ability to create more robust behaviors for dealing with failure.

SMACH is a ROS-independent Python library, so it can be used with and without ROS infrastructure. It comes with important developer tools like a visualizer for the current SMACH plan and introspection tools to
monitor the internal state and data flow. There are already many SMACH tutorials that can be found on the ROS wiki, and we hope to see SMACH used to produce many more cool robotics apps!

ROS C Turtle Release
Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:01:18 -0400 -

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ROS C Turtle has been released!

ROS C Turtle is the second ROS distribution release. ROS Box Turtle was released March 2, 2010 and included stable releases of ROS and core libraries and tools like navigation, rviz, hardware drivers, and an image-processing pipeline.

ROS C Turtle builds on Box Turtle with across-the-board improvements to these core libraries and numerous bug fixes. These improvements include a new "nodelet" architecture that provides low-latency, zero-copy message passing within C++ nodes, official support for a Lisp client library, and an official firewire camera driver (thanks to Jack O'Quin). Numerous third-party libraries have been upgraded in this release, including Stage 3.2.2, Bullet 2.76, and Eigen 2.0.15, as well as newer versions of KDL and Gazebo. There are many, many other improvements listed in the change list.

This release includes new experimental libraries for 3D perception, manipulation, grasping, and visual odometry. We encourage early adopters to test out these libraries and provide feedback so that they can be stabilized for future ROS releases.

Since the release of Box Turtle, the ROS community has grown immensely. There are over a dozen new public, open-source repositories of ROS code, and ROS has been ported to a variety of different robot platforms, from mobile manipulators to autonomous boats. Commercial robotics software libraries like Urbi and Karto now have open-source offerings that are compatible with ROS, and the list of robot platforms that can be used with ROS continues to grow. We're excited at these new opportunities to collaborate within the community and hope that you all enjoy this C Turtle release.

ROS distribution releases occur on a six-month cycle. The successor to C Turtle, Diamondback, is expected in February of 2011.

Robots Using ROS Part 4: Robotino, Penn Quadrotors, Washington University's B21r and Videre ERRATICS, Shadow Dextrous Hand
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:42:05 -0400 -

Robots Using ROS

This fourth installment features both aerial and indoor robots, as well research and commercial:

Previously Part I, Part II, Part III:

Urbi Open Source now integrated with ROS
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:34:31 -0400 -

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Thanks to the efforts of Gostai, Urbi and ROS are now compatible! Urbi 2.1 has just been released, and this new release includes integration with ROS and Urbiscript.

For ROS users, Urbiscript provides users a powerful scripting environment that provides features like parallelism and event-triggers for creating behavior scripts for your robots. ROS users can also use the Gostai Studio Suite, which provides a graphical IDE. Gostai has released the Urbi kernel as open source (AGPL), which contributes the growing community of open-source platform technologies for robotics.

For Urbi users, ROS provides a quickly growing library of reusable and open-source software components with a wide range of capabilities, including navigation, perception, and manipulation.

To find out more about Urbi open source, check out Urbi Forge. To get started with Urbi + ROS, you can read the Urbi manual or try their Urbi + ROS tutorial.

PR2 illustration library available (Creative Commons)
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:40:30 -0400 -

Indoor Mapping Outdoor Mapping Learning by demonstration Collaborative Moving Laundry Eldercare Cognitive robotics Tidying up Path planning with dynamic obstacles Vacuuming Teleoperation Physical search box Trophy  Vacuuming Party

One of the problems we have when creating presentations or other materials for robotics is the availability of artwork to illustrate the topics we're discussing. That's why we're making available all of the great artwork that Josh Ellingson did for us in our "PR2 Beta Sites Spotlight" series available with a Creative Commons (NC, BA) license. We've uploaded these illustrations to Flickr, where you can grab higher resolution versions.

If you like this art, checkout Josh's site for more, or stay tuned here.

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eild Robotics Center the future of field robotics by creating automated work machines for land, sea, air and space.

TeleRAD is a radiation survey robot. The name stands for distance Radiation Absorbed Dose or in other words detecting radiation levels remotely. TeleRAD uses a Geiger counter to detect radiation levels.

Distributed Boundary Coverage with a Swarm of Miniature Robots.  investigate collaborative coverage with a self-organizing swarm of minimalist robots. The inspection of the compressor section of a (jet) turbine engine is a motivating case study (see IROS'06 and BSSAC'07 for a high-level overview).

Robotics and Automation, 2001. Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference

Your first robot - the beetle robot

How to build your first PICAXE robot

Total Robots Total Robots BEAM. The term BEAM is an acronym for Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics and Mechanics. BEAM robotics was invented (and is patented) by Dr Mark W. Tilden whilst he was a student at University in Canada. Includes OOPic.

How-To: Build BEAM Vibrobots The key to Vibrobot movement is a motor (or motors) that employs an unbalanced weight. Pager and other motors used to create vibration alerts in consumer electronics use this technique. As the motor shaft spins, the weight on the shaft, being off-kilter, makes the motor, and therefore the entire pager, vibrate. Hook such a motor up to a little robo-critter with four fixed legs, and when the motor fires and the weight starts spinning, the bot will skitter across the floor.

BEAM robotics is the brain child of Mark W. Tilden who is currently working at "Los Alamos National Laboratory" in Los Alamos, New Mexico, US. BEAM robotics as described in the BEAM rule book: 1/: A description of what aspects a roving robot creature could contain. BEAM is a triple acronym which stands for:-
Biology Electronics Aesthetics Mechanics
Building Evolution Anarchy Modularity
Biotechnology Ethnology Analogy Morphology

BEAM Robotics (Chin-Yuan Fang)

A Beginner's Guide to BEAM - The BEAM design approach creates nimble robots from simple components, with no programming required.

Robolympics Gallery (BEAMBots)


Protozoan Flagellates from Jessica Field on Vimeo.
  Canadian artist Jessica Field. Jessica makes these wonderful, funky little robo-critters, some BEAMish, others more sophisticated, with computer-control. I like how she "programs" failures/shortcomings into her robot creations. (Wait, don't most robots do that on their own?) 

Jessica's "Field Studies"

Slarbotics offers competition robot kits, solar-powered robots, books, electronic components, motors, parts and information on the expanding field of BEAM Robotics. Enjoy our website, and we welcome your comments.

Solar Powered Picaxe Microbot (Vibrobot) This microbot is also called a vibrobot because it vibrates in order to generate horizontal motion.

Solarbotics is a BEAM robotics community server.  Complete BEAMbot Circuits  BEAM From the Ground Up

A Beginner's Guide to BEAM   (Makezine)

Build a Simple Vibrobot, (Not really a robot)    
  A Simple Vibrobot. Build a simple vibrating robot. A hobby robot, well almost.

Wiring:-
A Simple Vibrobot wiring.

Items required for the Simple Vibrobot:-

  • Two motors from a old Broken PS2 DuoShock, (Dualshock) Controller
  • A PP3 Battery Connector.
  • PP3 Battery.
  • Some BluTack
Twist the ends of the wires from the two motors from  together so that each motor will
turn in the opposite direction to each other.

Connect these twisted motor wire ends to the battery wires.

Place some BluTack on to each motor bottom and stick to the PP3 Battery.

Plug the PP3 connector to the battery. Unplug to stop.

 

HOW TO - Make a Bristlebot a tiny directional vibrobot made from a toothbrush!

The BristleBot is a simple and tiny robot with an agenda. The ingredients? One toothbrush, a battery, and a pager motor. The result? Serious fun. The BristleBot is our take on the popular vibrobot, a simple category of robot that is controlled by a single vibrating (eccentric) motor. Some neat varieties include the mint-tin version as seen in Make Magazine (check the video), and the kid's art bot: a vibrobot with pens for feet.

Robot Arm With Fluidic Muscles.

 Airic's_arm is a robotic arm inspired by your own arm. The company describes it as a "combination of mechatronics and the biological model of a human being."

The mechanical foundation - the "skeleton" - of Festo's Airic's arm is literally a metal version of the human skeletal structure. The radius and ulna (primary bones of the forearm), the metacarpals (hand and fingers) and the shoulder and shoulder blade are duplicated

 

Bittybot help you make smaller robots.

Robot Education. The Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE) applies and evaluates robots as a context for computer science education.

Spider Robot Project Page An 'in-progress' project involving the addition of a PIC micro brain to a small robot.

PIC Guide (With Links)

Proton Geeks Proton PIC Users Group

PIC/Ubicom     Robotics

PICAXE microcontrollers are exciting, low-cost, re-programmable chips that can be used as low-cost 'brains' in many kinds of electronic project. For further information browse the index bar on the left hand side of the screen.

PIC & Electronic Development on a Shoestring

ooPIC, (Object-Oriented PIC), is a different approach in microcontrollers that uses objects to control the attached hardware while the application program focuses on controlling the objects.  Programmed in Basic, C, or Java syntax styles. Uses Object-oriented concepts.  More Object oriented programming links.

PrintBot

A iRobot Create-mounted dot-matrix printer. The Create is essentially a Roomba without the vacuum. This allows us to add a greater payload and gives us convenient mounting holes.

Using the robot for the base allows the robot to print a virtually unlimited size. Think football field...

Programmable Paper. Amazing program paper into shapes, paper aeroplane, etc     Amazing !!!  Programmable Paper. Amazing program paper into shapes, paper aeroplane, etc

Programmable Paper. You can program paper to make shapes, paper dart aeroplane, etc, (OK, maybe it's not quite paper), but watch this fold itself into shape under programming control.

A group of researchers from Harvard and MIT have pushed us closer to a world of programmable matter. Their approach is a self-folding surface that can take on almost any shape. The above video from ScienceMag shows the surface turning into a small sailboat and paper plane. [via slashdot
]

Based on the ancient art of origami, the sheets are edged by foil actuators--thin, solid-state motors--that contract or expand when they receive an electric current from flexible electronic circuits embedded in the sheets. After they achieve their preprogrammed shape, the sheets are held in place by tiny magnets on the edges of the fold joints.

Abstract:

Programmable matter is a material whose properties can be programmed to achieve specific shapes or stiffnesses upon command. This concept requires constituent elements to interact and rearrange intelligently in order to meet the goal. This paper considers achieving programmable sheets that can form themselves in different shapes autonomously by folding. Past approaches to creating transforming machines have been limited by the small feature sizes, the large number of components, and the associated complexity of communication among the units. We seek to mitigate these difficulties through the unique concept of self-folding origami with universal crease patterns. This approach exploits a single sheet composed of interconnected triangular sections. The sheet is able to fold into a set of predetermined shapes using embedded actuation. To implement this self-folding origami concept, we have developed a scalable end-to-end planning and fabrication process. Given a set of desired objects, the system computes an optimized design for a single sheet and multiple controllers to achieve each of the desired objects. The material, called programmable matter by folding, is an example of a system capable of achieving multiple shapes for multiple functions

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Robots: Programmable Matter
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Michael Tolley and Jonas Neubert from the Computational Synthesis Laboratory run by Hod Lipson at Cornell University present their approach at making programmable matter.
Robots: Distributed Flight Array
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Raymond Oung from the Swiss Technical Institute of Technology in Zürich discusses the Distributed Flight Array, which is a new type of modular aerial robot. We then celebrate aerial robotics with a contest on flying robot noises for a chance to win a WowWee Bladestar.
Robots: Science Fiction
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Patrick Gyger from the Maison d'Ailleurs, one of the major Science Fiction museums in the world, presents the history of robotics in the genre and discusses interactions between science and writing. We the bring you a re-edition of the Selkies stories written by Science Fiction writer Jack Graham in Boston. You can find more of his stories at lonesomerobot.com.
Robots: Nanosystems
Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Ari Requicha from the University of Southern California and Grégory Mermoud from EPFL describe the soft- and hardware aspects of designing systems of nanorobots.
Robots: R&D at iRobot
Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Brian Yamauchi presents the research & development done at iRobot. As lead roboticist, he tells us about a large range of government projects from making the PackBot platforms more autonomous, work in teams of even fly to more futuristic projects that involve making soft and deformable robots. He also discusses the business of iRobot and the ethics of military robotics.
Robots: Modeling Biology
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Barbara Webb from the University of Edinburgh discusses insect inspired robotics as a control system design approach. Steffen Wischman from the EPFL/UNIL then gives his view on when robots should be used to model biology and his interest in using artificial evolution.
Robots: Online Human-Robot Interactions
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Sonia Chernova speaks about the new online game Mars Escape developed to study human-robot interactions. Lessons learnt will be demonstrated in a real-life replica of the game environment at the Boston Museum of Science, where visitors will have a chance to interact with the robot Nexi. Kenton Williams gives us more details on this very expressive robot.
Robots: The Nao Humanoid
Fri, 21 May 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Luc Degaudenzi and Cédric Vaudel from Aldebaran speak about the Nao platform and the future of the humanoid market. Don't miss Nao presenting himself and check out his story telling skills.
Robots: 50 Years of Robotics (Part 2)
Fri, 07 May 2010 07:00:00 GMT - In this 51st episode we conclude our 2-part special on 50 years of robotics. For the occasion we speak with 12 scientists about the most remarkable developments in their field of robotics over the last 50 years and their prediction for next half-century. Today’s episode features Jean-Christophe Zufferey on flying robots, Dan Kara on the robotics market, Kristinn Thórisson on AI, Andrea Thomaz on human robot interactions, Terry Fong on space robotics and Richard Jones on nano robots.
Robots: 50 Years of Robotics (Part 1)
Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Today we celebrate the 50th episode of ROBOTS! For the occasion we speak with 12 scientists about the most remarkable developments in their field of robotics over the last 50 years and their prediction for next half-century. This 50th special is split into two episodes with the second half airing in two weeks. Today we speak with Rolf Pfeifer on robotics in general, Mark Tilden on robot toys, Hiroshi Ishiguro on androids, Oscar Schofield on underwater robots, Steve Potter on brain machine interfaces and Chris Rogers on eduction robots.
Robots: URBI Software Platform
Fri, 9 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Jean-Christophe Baillie introduces us to URBI, the universal robotics software platform that's already been implemented on several different robots and is going open source in May 2010.
Robots: Chaos Control
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Poramate Manoonpong speaks about using chaotic input to central pattern generators. Alex Pitti describes way to synchronise a non-linear controller to the dynamics of the body it is controlling.
Robots: The Future of Artificial Intelligence
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Kristinn R. Thórisson on the past, present and future of Artificial Intelligence.
Robots: Satellite Swarms
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Alvar Saenz-Otero from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talks about miniature satellites that create swarms in space.
Robots: AUV Missions
Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Oscar Schofield from the Rutgers Coastal Ocean Observation Lab talks about autonomous ocean gliders and the Scarlet Knight that crossed the Atlantic. Mark Moline from the Center for Coastal Marine Sciences at California Poly State University speaks about his expedition to the Arctic with AUVs in freezing conditions.
Robots: Quadrotors
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Joshua Portlock from Cyber Technology in Perth Australia tells us about Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and in particular the CyberQuad, a 4-rotor autonomous helicopter that can be used for surveillance and inspection of hard-to-reach places from the air.
Robots: Deep-Sea Exploration
Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Alberto Collasius Jr. from the Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the US talks about his time at sea as expedition leader with the JASON remotely operated vehicle.
Robots: New Year's Special
Fri, 1 Jan 2010 07:00:00 GMT - Cecilia Lashi, co-coordinator of the Octopus European project, talks about a soft bio-mimetic robotic octopus arm; Hobbyist Carl Morgan, presents his sleek silver humanoid that rides behind your tandem bike and does all the pedaling; and Carson Reynolds, professor at the University of Tokyo, tells us about his high-speed robotic hand.
Robots: Weight-Loss Coach
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Cory Kidd is the founder of Intuitive Automata Inc. which commercializes a robotic weight-loss coach born during his PhD at the MIT Media Lab. He tells us about how good human-robot interaction can keep people motivated to eat well and exercise. We'll also be holding a Christmas contest for a chance to win two robot kits for beginners.
Robots: Planetary Exploration
Fri, 4 Dec 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Julie Townsend from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California talks about her work with NASA's Mars rovers and the lunar ATHLETE robot. Sebastian Gautsch from the the SAMLAB in Neuchatel, Switzerland, tells us about the Atomic Force Microscope that was sent to Mars aboard the Phoenix lander in the Spring of 2008.
Robots: Learning
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Andrea Thomaz from Georgia Tech looks at how humans can teach and humanoids learn with the hope to create good human-robot interactions. We then speak with Sethu Vijayakumar from the University of Edinburgh about machine learning and how it can be used to teach a robot hand to balance a pole.
Robots: Stroke Rehabilitation
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Ludovic Dovat from the Singapore National University tells us about stroke victims' trouble re-learning to use their hands, and the robotic systems he designed to help with the rehabilitation process. David Brown tells us about the effects of stroke and his company Kinea Design that produces robots that help people learn to walk in unstructured terrain.
Robots: Slithering Creatures
Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Howie Choset from Carnegie Mellon University explains the basics of snake robots, and how he hopes to see them used anywhere from disaster areas to industrial inspection or even surgery. Erik Kyrkjebø from SINTEF Applied Cybernetics in Norway speaks about their own pipe inspection robots as well as a snake robot designed for fighting fires.
Robots: Active Touch
Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Tony Prescott from the University of Sheffield speaks about active perception in rats, and presents his SCRATCHbot robot that features artificial whiskers. Elio Tuci from the Italian National Research Council speaks of a robot arm that can distinguish between different objects using active perception.
Robots: Emergent Communication
Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Sara Mitri, researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne speaks about her bio-inspired experiments on the evolution of communication. Jürgen Jost, director at Leipzig's Max Planck Institute, discusses intentionality in robot communication.
Robots: Celebrating Invention
Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Dean Kaman from DEKA research speaks about the spirit of invention that drives him to create products that improve lives, and of the FIRST initiative that encourages young children to get engaged in engineering and science.
Robots: Robot-Assisted Surgery
Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Rainer Konietschke at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics of the German Aerospace Centre explains the MiroSurge project for robotic endoscopic surgery. Woung Youn Chung at the Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea explains using the Da Vinci surgical robot to treat thyroid cancer.
Robots: Brain-Machine Interfaces
Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Charles Higgins from the University of Arizona tells us how he uses insects to control robot motion. Steve Potter from the Georgia Institute of Technololgy explains how he grows neural circuitry in a Petri-dish and interfaces it with robots.
Robots: Smart Homes
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Roger Orpwood, director of the Bath Institute of Medical Engineering in the UK explains how smart homes can be used to help dementia patients stay independent and receive better care. Andrew Sixsmith, Professor at Simon Fraser University in Canada then shares his experience from a medical perspective.
Robots: Soft Machines
Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Richard Jones, Professor of Physics at the University of Sheffield in the UK talks about Soft Machines, the future nanorobots inspired from biology.
Robots: From Animals to Automation
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Markus Fischer, head of the Bionic Learning Network project and head of Corporate Design talks transferring technology from biomimetic research to actual products and their work on the AquaPenguin, AquaRay and AirJelly. Victor Zykov, PhD and PostDoc from Cornell University talks about modular robotics and introduces his bio-inspired Molecubes.
Robots: Celebrity Robots Brought to Life
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Fred Barton, also known as "Robotman", introduces Robby the Robot and talks about building robot collectibles for museums and fellow enthusiasts.
Robots: Autonomous City Explorer
Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Dirk Wollherr, senior researcher at the Technical University of Munich, and Astrid Weiss from the University of Salzburg on the design and the goals of the Autonomous City Explorer (ACE) robot.
Robots: Robot actors at the theater
Fri, 22 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Swiss theater director Christian Denisart talks about his latest play where 3 of the 5 main characters are mobile robots. Nicolas Tomatis, CEO of Bluebotics Ltd., describes the three robotic actors, an obedient robot dog, a distinguished robot butler and a sensual female, in more detail.
Robots: Collective Coverage and Self-Assembly
Fri, 8 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT - MIT's Nikolaus Correll on his robot swarms for turbine inspection and his latest research on cooperating networks. In part two Roderich Gross introduces the swarm-bots and his work on robot cooperation, self-assembly and division of labour.
Robots: Giant Roaming Creatures
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Theo Jansen describes his Strandbeest, giant walking creatures that can walk and sense their environments. We then talk to Jaimie Mantzel who is building a giant 6-legged robot on his mountain in Vermont.
Robots: The Race to the Moon
Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT - William "Red" Whittaker, director of the Field Robotics Center at Carnegie Mellon University, talks about his team's bid for the Google Lunar X Prize.
Robots: Learning with LEGO
Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT - In this episode we speak with Chris Rogers about the use of LEGO in educating young children in engineering, math and science. We then speak with Liz Herron on her experiences with children using LEGO MINDSTORMS robotic kits at the LEGO Education Centre.
Robots: The REEM-B and HUBO Humanoids
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT - In this episode we speak with Davide Faconti, leader of the REEM project, one of the few European contenders in humanoid robotics. We then speak with Jun Ho Oh from South Korea who was the general chair of the last International Conference on Humanoid Robots for his snapshot view of the field as well as the HUBO humanoids developed in his lab.
Robots: Robot Ethics (Part 2)
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:00:00 GMT - This second episode in a two-part series on Robot Ethics interviews Ronald Arkin, Regents' Professor and Associate Dean for Research at Georgia Tech University in the US. Topics include military robots, robots in the society, medical robots and legal responsibilities.
Robots: Robot Ethics (Part 1)
Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:00:00 GMT - This first episode in a two part series on Robot Ethics interviews Noel Sharkey, Professor of Public Engagement, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the University of Sheffield in the UK. Topics include military robots, robots in the society, medical robots and legal responsibilities.
Robots: Human-Robot Love
Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:00:00 GMT - David Levy, author of the book "Love + Sex with Robots" and Kathleen Richardson who is a doctor of Robot Anthropology at Cambridge University discuss the future of human-robot relationships, both physical and emotional.
Robots: Industrial Robots in Research
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Raúl Ordóñez from the Motoman Robotics Lab talks about research in industrial robotics and how he hopes to use visual servoing as a feedback mechanism allowing robot arms to accomplish complex tasks such as juggling.
Robots: 2008 New Year's Special
Fri, 2 Jan 2009 07:00:00 GMT - We review the biggest events in robotics in 2008 and look to what 2009 has to offer with our panel of experts: Dan Kara from Robotics Trends, Terry Fong from the NASA Ames Research Center, Dario Floreano from the EPFL, Steve Rainwater from robots.net, and Minoru Asada from Osaka University.
Robots: Robot Toys
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:00:00 GMT - Mark Tilden, passionate robot builder with WowWee Robotics, talks about designing robots for children, and what he thinks that scientists and researchers can learn from the toy industry.
Robots: Robot Musicians
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:00:00 GMT - Gil Weinberg who is the Director of Music Technology at Georgia Tech, presents his wooden robot drummer Haile that is capable of playing with human teachers and even evolving its own beats to reach robotic improvisation. He also introduces his latest robot, Shimon the Marimba player. Our second guest, Atsuo Takanishi describes the Waseda Flutist, a robot that mimics human lungs, vocal chords, and lips to accurately play the flute.
Robots: Bio-inspired locomotion
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:00:00 GMT - Robert Full from UC Berkley presents his research on animal locomotion and how his insights have been inspiring engineers to create robots. Auke Ijspeert from the EPFL then shares some thoughts on bio-inspired locomotion.
Robots: Androids, Human Presence and the Uncanny Valley
Fri, 7 Nov 2008 07:00:00 GMT - Hiroshi Ishiguro from Osaka University introduces his androids, including the robotic replicate of his then 5 year old daughter, a female android modeled after the NHK news announcer Ayako Fujii and a copy of himself, the Geminoid. He explains Android Science and how his explorations of the uncanny valley may help to understand human presence. This episode then features the last quarter of Science Fiction author Jack Graham's "Selkies".
Robots: Jumping and Crawling in Millirobots
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT - Sarah Bergbreiter from the University of Maryland gives us an overview of her work with robotic mobile sensor networks, walking and jumping micro-robots as well as fast prototyping of novel robots. Aaron Hoover at Berkeley talks about novel manufacturing techniques with smart composites. This episode then features the third part of Science Fiction author Jack Graham's "Selkies".
Robots: Warehouse Robots
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT - In this episode Raffaello D'Andrea of KIVA Systems describes how hundreds of autonomous robots can be used to automate warehouses. This episode then features the second part of Science Fiction author Jack Graham's "Selkies".
Robots: Swarming Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT - In this show we dive into the world of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) with Navinda Kottege from the Australian National University. In the second part Marc Sherman from Teledyne RD Instruments tells us more about AUV technology and the importance of Doppler Velocity Logs (DVLs) for underwater navigation. Finally we are treated to the first part of Science Fiction author Jack Graham's story "Selkies".
Robots: An Uncertain Revolution
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT - In this episode we dive into the revolution brought on by the field of probabilistic robotics with Claudio Mattiussi. We then launch a most "uncertain" competition to see how good our listeners are at making probabilistic predictions to estimate the cleaning capabilities of a Roomba robot.
Robots: Bacteria-propelled microrobots
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT - This episode discusses bacteria-propelled micro robots and their potential for medical applications inside the human body. In the first part Metin Sitti explains how his robots can join forces with bacteria. In the second part gastroenterologist Mark Schattner discusses current uses and future potential from a medical perspective.
Robots: DelFly and Europe's Micro Air Vehicle Competition
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT - In this episode we cover two major events in aerial robotics: the announcement of the DelFly Micro and the 2008 European Micro Air Vehicle (EMAV) Competition. We first speak with Christophe de Wagter, a member of the Dutch team that's been churning out amazing flapping-wing robots in the last few years. Our second interview features Peter Vörsmann, chair of this year's EMAV competition, to explain the latest advances in autonomous flying vehicles.
Robots: The Robot Blogosphere
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT - This episode gives an insight into part of the online robotics community. We interview Steve Rainwater on his experience with robots.net, the first and probably largest robot community site online. Mikell Taylor shares her experience with the IEEE Spectrum Automaton blog and also gives us a quick insight into her current job at Bluefin Robotics.
Robots: Modular and Reconfigurable Robotics
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT - This episode centers on modular robots. We interview Kasper Stoy on research in Modular Robotics. Robert Fitch gives an insight into Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots.
Robots: Robot Soccer
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT - Manuela Veloso, President-Elect of the International RoboCup Federation, gives a look behind the scenes of robot soccer.
Robots: A Robot Fly at Harvard and at the MoMA
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT - This episode centers on the robotic fly, featuring interviews with professor Robert Wood at Harvard university and with Paola Antonelli, the curator of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Robots: Cornell Racing Team and Velodyne's LIDAR Sensor
Fri, 6 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT - Our inaugural episode centers on the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, featuring interviews with professor Daniel Huttenlocher from Team Cornell and Rick Yoder from Velodyne, a producer of LIDAR sensors used by several teams in the challenge.
Robots: 23 May 2008, Trailer 1
Thu, 22 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT - Robots: Coming Soon! This is the trailer for the new Robots podcast, your source for news and views on robotics. Our inaugural episode will be released on 6 June 2008.

Doctronics Design & Technology and Electronics Resources. Discovering PICs

Mozomsite Covers PIC Microcontroller. Stepper Motors. Semiconductors Fundamentals, etc...

74194 Stepper Motor Driver form Model Railroad & Misc. Electronics  More Electronics

Manage 5 stepper motors for the LPT signals step-dir Automatically Translated from Russian

OpenServo is an open community-based project started by Mike Thompson with the goal of creating a low-cost digital servo for robotics.

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Robot videos and images

Autonomous Quadrotor Helicopter - Aggressive Maneuvers
Mon, 31 May 2010 23:54:24 +0200 -

A very impressive demonstration of a small autonomous helicopter performing precise aggressive maneuvers - flips, flight through windows, and quadrotor perching.

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Towel-folding robot created by US researchers
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:46:13 +0200 -

Watching a robot fold towels is surprisingly fascinating. Such a simple task for a human is actually very complex for a robot.

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Roomba Pac-Man
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:45:11 +0100 -

An ingenious recreation of Pac-Man with Roombas - autonomous robot vacuum cleaners.

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Mind-controlled Robotic Hand which can Feel
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:35:11 +0100 -

Scientists from Italy and Sweden developed a new artificial hand that can actually feel, as it is directly linked to the brain. The brain picks up the sensors in the hand, and the hand picks up signals from the brain.

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Smallest ever free-flying aircraft invented
Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:10:24 +0200 -

A short demonstration of a new flying robot aircraft which is the size of a small bird. It is capable of hanging in the air like an insect and can move in any direction.

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Robotic Hands move faster than the eyes can see
Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:05:39 +0200 -

These high-speed Japanese robots can do precise operations at a blisteringly fast speed.

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Einstein robot with realistic facial expressions
Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:49:56 +0200 -

A highly realistic Einstein robot developed at the University of California, San Diego. The robot can learn how to smile through self-guided learning.

Juan Enriquez: Tech evolution will eclipse the financial crisis (TEDTalks)
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:48:56 +0200 -

A humorous, inspiring and eye-opening presentation about the financial crisis and the potential of technology to reboot the economy.

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Humanoid robot plays the Violin
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:41:07 +0100 -

This 1.5 m. (5 foot) tall robot can play the violin thanks to its human like dexterity. It is one of a number of robots Toyota is developing to assist humans in Japan's greying society.

Mythbusters - Mona Lisa drawn in 80 milliseconds
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:08:39 +0200 -

This video shows the difference between a CPU (robot) and a GPU by demonstrating their painting capacities.

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Rat-brain controlled robot
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:21:50 +0200 -

Scientists at Reading University have created a robot that is controlled by living rat brain cells grown in a lab.

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Amphibious Robot Snake
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:21:29 +0100 -

The ACM-R5 robot snake can glide through water elegantly. It was developed by the Hirose-Fukushima Robotics Lab in Japan.

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New Zealand's All Robot Music Band - The Trons
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:38:47 +0200 -

The Trons is a self-playing robot band consisting of four robots - two guitar players (one of whom also does the vocals), a keyboard player and a drummer.

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Big Dog - an ultra stable quadruped robot
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:05:11 +0200 -

BigDog is a dynamically stable robot using four legs for movement. This video demonstrates how it handles being kicked, balancing on slippery ice and overcoming obstacles.

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Self-organizing robots
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:01:43 +0100 -

Robots with a mind of their own are now being created which can physically join together and self-assemble to fulfill different functions.

Remote-controlled robot insects
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:22:05 +0200 -

Not even the most sophisticated of today's robots come close to mimicking the flight aerobatics of insects. However, researchers have found a way around that: by programming and taking control of real insects.

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Tilted Twister - Robot Rubik's Cube Solver
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:49:13 +0100 -

An ingenious lego robot solves a Rubik's Cube in just a few minutes.

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Puppy vs Robot
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:43:12 +0200 -

"When I brought home a Roboquad robot the other day and started playing with it, our resident guardian K9 was none too pleased.

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Robots inspired by Animals
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:34:41 +0200 -

Robotics researchers are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration. Watch a robotic salamander, a water strider robot, mechanical cockroaches and some cool self-configuring robots.

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Robotic Fish
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:22:49 +0200 -

These robotic fish developed at Essex University look and move almost like the real thing.

Dinosaur Robots - Japan
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:47:33 +0200 -

Two dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus rex and Parasaurolophus, have been brought to life by Japanese scientists.

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A Lego Mindstorms Car Factory
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:01:42 +0200 -

An amazing automated lego factory that produces little lego cars. A fascinating (albeit somewhat slow-paced) video that truly shows the power of lego.

Robot Asimo
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:59:59 +0200 -

Walking and running humanoid robot which can carry and deliver items. It can run at a speed of up to of 6 km/h and slalom around obstacles.

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Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:31:13 +0200 -

The "Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot" is an experimental mechanism in which a live cockroach is the pilot. It stands on top of a trackball which has been modified to control a three-wheeled robot.

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Transformer Robot
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:44:12 +0100 -

A real transforming robot which can turn from a car into a humanoid-like robot. A larger scale version would have been even more amazing.

Dancing Robots by Sony
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:22:13 +0100 -

These smooth moving Sony robots have some impressive dance moves.

Ken Boone's Robotic

Machine Grid

uC Hobby

Reconns World

Acroname Robotics

AiboPet and other'Pets (robotic or otherwise)

TeRK. (Telepresence Robot Kit), Educational Robotics - Vehicles for Teaching and Learning.

Robots for Kids

Clockwork Robot create amazing paper engineering for you. Also create stereoscopic (3D) images for print or web publication 

OrionRobot Robotics resource and community website. There is a great deal of technical, creative and background information on robotics for hobbyists and even those more experienced. Some areas of the site also form a dictionary for some of the terms and concepts used in robotics, electronics, programming, Lego building and engineering.

Foxbox.Nl :: Lego Mindstorms Robots And Machines. A lot of Lego Mindstorms Robotics Projects.

EURON ( European Robotics Research Network). It is a community of people with a common interest in working to make better robots.

International Federation of Robotics

Robot Matrix This portal is all about robots/robotics. It delicates to all who are interested in the development of robotics - from beginners to professionals, manufacturers, suppliers, direct end users and even researchers. A comprehensive web portal on robotic technology. It contains both commercial and non-commercial information on robotic technology. More importantly, we always welcome useful user input, feedback or contributions in terms of publish useful articles on Robotics technologies in the portal. Humanoid Robots.

Telepresence Robotkit Educational Robots Vehiculs for teaching and learning.

Carl Kenner's Home Page. Programmable Input Emulator (GlovePIE or PIE). Control Games with Gestures, Speech, and Other Input Devices! With GlovePIE you can now play any game, or control any software or MIDI devices, using whatever controls you want. This includes joysticks, gamepads, mice, keyboards, MIDI input devices, HMDs, Wiimotes, trackers, and of course, Virtual Reality gloves!

Ted Larson (Balancing Robot and other links).

Trossen Robotics, your source for Hobby and Educational Robotics:-

Trossen Robotics Blog » Front Page News

The Trossen Robotics Blog is the place to keep up to date on all the latest product releases and news in robotics.

Trossen Robotics DIY Project Contest
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:18:45 +0000 - Time flies! It’s that time again to officially announce the next Trossen Robotics DIY Project Contest. We’ve had a ton of incredible entries in past contests. Because it’s been so long since our last contest, we’ve decided it was time to start showing off some of the work that has kept us so quite by [...]
Interlink FSRs now with Female Connectors
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:20:45 +0000 - It is pretty much a known fact at this point that Interlink FSRs totally rock. For low cost yet durable pressure & force sensing they are a great solution. The brilliant minds over at Interlink even made them standard with thin rubber backing that has an adhesive layer. The only complaint some have is that [...]
InterbotiX Robot Turrets
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:10:17 +0000 - The Robot Turrets hath cometh! We’re proud to announce the first robot kits from InterbotiX Labs, a comprehensive line of high-end pan/tilt turrets.  These high speed, high strength, and high performance robot turrets are built from your choice of Robotis Dynamixel Servos, the ArbotiX Robocontroller, and custom lasercut ABS frame components. Just how high speed and [...]
Robot Pioneers: A Documentary
Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:00:33 +0000 - Robot Pioneers is a short documentary about people who are passionate about robotics. We’ve had the privilege of meeting a plethora of fantastic innovators over the years; through our own online community, at Robogames, via various business communications, universities, techshops, hackerspaces, and at a number of tradeshows. Each of these makers has a story to tell, [...]
Robot Eyeballs!
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:08:32 +0000 - Sourcing the right eyeballs for your bot can be a pain. With the help of our awesome community of roboticists we have identified some great cameras for each level of price point and quality from low cost to high end research. We have the cameras in stock now. Stay tuned because soon we will offer them [...]
New Products – Tools & Phidget Goodies
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:02:40 +0000 - PhidgetSpatial 0/0/3 is a 3 axis Accelerometer which measures static and dynamic acceleration in 3 axes, up to 5g, and provides a high sampling speed of up to 1000 samples per second. PhidgetSpatial 3/3/3, 9 Axis IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) measures static and dynamic acceleration in 3 axes, up to 5g.; it also measures magnetic field [...]

Surveyor Corporation Surveyor SRV-1 Wireless Mobile Robot with Video for Telepresence, Autonomous and Swarm Operation.

Middle Creek Merchants Robot Page

RoboCup is an international joint project to promote AI, robotics, and related field. It is an attempt to foster AI and intelligent robotics research by providing a standard problem where wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined. RoboCup chose to use soccer game as a central topic of research, aiming at innovations to be applied for socially significant problems and industries.

Robothon a national event that showcases the capabilities and technological developments in robotics from the amateur robotics community. At this event, people from around the world come together to present new robotic technologies, share ideas, meet fellow robotic enthusiasts, show off their robotic creations, and compete in many robotic competitions and activities.

Bryan's Robotics Journal Robotics without the soldering iron.

Robotics Website

Learn about Robots

Converting a Floppy Disk Drive into a Simple Robot   Generation5 aims to be the most comprehensive Artificial Intelligence site on the Internet. Community-orientated, Generation5 deals with all AI topics including robotics, neural networks, genetic algorithms, AI programming, home automation and much more.

Super Simple Beginners Robot!    
 

  Instructable for the absolute n00by robot wannabe. Noticed a huge jump in the number of beginners getting into the hobby and the number of "how do I" question...

Robots wanted Any condition, any type... ROBOTS WANTED: Dead or Alive, Whole or Parts, Please help the virtual robot museum grow! Some of the Robots that I am interested in: HeathKit (HERO JR, HERO 1, HERO 2000, Arm Trainer), Androbots (Topo, BOB, BOB/XA, Fred, and Androman), RB5X, Artec GEMINI, Omnibots, Rhino Robots, MAXX STEELE, NEWTON SynPet, Comro Tot, Marvin Mark I, RoPet, Servitron, ELAMI, CYBER I, HUBOT, Hearoid, Turtles, Etc. Also looking for Robot accesories and technical literature. Please don't throw that old Robot away! Robotic Gallery

Hobby Robotics. Hobby robot building plans, circuits, software and more... (More Blog Links)

Twin Cities Robotics Group A loose affiliation of people interested in robots, located in the Twin Cities Metro area, USA.

DIY Live Robots

STAMP Parallax. A BASIC Stamp microcontroller is a single-board computer that runs the Parallax PBASIC language interpreter in it's microcontroller. The developer's code is stored in an EEPROM, which can also be used for data storage. The PBASIC language has easy-to-use commands for basic I/O, like turning devices on or off, interfacing with sensors, etc. More advanced commands let the BASIC Stamp module interface with other integrated circuits, communicate with each other, and operate in networks. STAMP In Education

Wall-E project controlled by a BS2P40 stamp CPU and for motive power and two robosapienV2 hip motors.

Getting Started with an Accelerometer. (Forums Parallax Basic STAMP, electronic chips etc. Parallax) Acceleration is a measure of how quickly speed changes. Just as a speedometer is a meter that measures speed, an accelerometer is a meter that measures acceleration. You can use the ability to sense acceleration to measure a variety of things that are very useful to electronic and robotic projects and designs.   More Forum Links.

nBot Balancing Robot (Also has quite a number of Robot links). (Also has quite a number of Robot links).

Dallas Personal Robotics Group (DPRG)Robot Links   Low Cost Gyro-Accelerometer Combo Sensor In building a balancing robot you need a gyroscope unit and an accelerometer unit in order to get it to balance.

Corky'z Robotz (A STAMP Project)

EI Robots Pathfinder

El Cheapo PICmicro Programmer

MELabs PICBASIC Compiler

CTG robotics Configurable Robotics allows the Designer to configure a robot by selecting from a wide range of interface boards and a variety of base designs to meet any task requirement. By using this configurable system the Designer can quickly assemble a robot and immediately start writing task software.

Ryan Dellanas Robotic Home Page

Autopilot: Do it yourself UAV (Helecopter)

Robot Builder

Building Robots with CoachLab II and Tech Card Materials.

Bram Stolk's Robots

Roborama Video's of robots It has never been easier to watch life-like robots video clips : Human, Animal, Toys, any robot!

Stephen Paul Linder. Student Projects.

Scottsbots

Robotster

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Investigative Report: How the BP Oil Rig Blowout Happened
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST - Three Mile Island, Challenger, Chernobyl—and now, Deepwater Horizon. Like those earlier disasters, the destruction of the drilling rig was an accident waiting to happen.


Deepwater Horizon - Drill Rigs - BP - Energy - Gulf of Mexico


How to Survive an Earthquake Disaster
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:00:00 EST -


Earthquake - Earth Sciences - Natural Disasters and Hazards - Japan - Asia


How to Make the Perfect French Fry
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST - Take the common French fry. Copying the magic of even a simple oil-cooked potato at home requires diligence, resources and certain flirtation with danger. Here is the food science you need to know to get your fry on.


Potato - Food science - French language - French fries - Agriculture


How to Survive a Flood Disaster
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:21:00 EST -


Flood - Pakistan - Earth Sciences - Natural Disasters and Hazards - Natural disaster


James Cameron Designs 3D Camera for Mars Rover
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST - When Popular Mechanics talked to James Cameron recently, he couldn't help slipping in some info on a project he's particularly excited about—designing a stereoscopic camera for the Mars Science Laboratory, launching Fall 2011.


Mars Science Laboratory - James Cameron - Mars - Mars rover - Technology


How to Prepare for a Hurricane Disaster
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:09:00 EST - Hurricanes are one of nature’s most devastating forces—but there's plenty we can do to prepare for them. Self-reliant, community-minded individuals can help people get through a major event when all else fails. Here’s how.


hurricane - Earth Sciences - Atmospheric Sciences - Meteorology - Weather Phenomena


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NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Discovers Two New Exoplanets
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:00:00 EST - Researchers announced today the discovery of two Saturn-size planets—and possibly a third the size of Earth—orbiting a distant star. Here's what the finding means for the future of the Kepler mission.


NASA - Kepler Mission - Earth - Space - Saturn


Top 5 Ways the Universe Could Wipe Out Humankind
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:30:00 EST - Phil Plait, host of the Discovery Channel's new series Phil Plait's Bad Universe, is an expert on astronomical doomsday scenarios. Here, he outlines five things in the Universe that could spell the end for humankind.


Discovery Channel - Phil Plait - Television - Arts - Programs


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5 Better Ways to Spend Money Than on a FutureGen Clean-Coal Plant
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST - Yes, FutureGen, the $1 billion Bush-era clean-coal project, is back from the dead as FutureGen 2.0. New name, same goal: to make a zero-emissions coal plant. The problem is, there's no such thing as truly clean coal power.


FutureGen - Fossil fuel power station - Clean coal - FutureGen 2.0 - Technology


The Real Price of Coal Mining: Investigative Report
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:00:00 EST - Mining in deep underground chambers filled with explosive methane and massive machines is dangerous work. But it doesn't have to be deadly. PM investigates the real price of coal.


Coal mining - Methane - West Virginia - MIN - Technology


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3 Coal Mining Safety Problems—And How to Fix Them
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:00:00 EST - Here's how to improve the odds for coal mining's industrial safety record.


Coal mining - Mining - Technology - History - Mining and Drilling


Next-Gen Coal Mining Rescue Robot
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:00:00 EST - Sandia National Laboratories is trying to make coal mining safer and more survivable. Their answer: a remote-controlled robot.


Coal - Mining - Technology - History - Business


How NASA Will Get the Astronauts into Orbit: Tech Overview
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:00:00 EST - In the previous piece, we discussed what the new Congressional-mandated heavy lifter might look like. In this one, we'll talk about what the astronauts will ride in to get to and from orbit.


NASA - Astronaut - Space - Technology - International Space Station


How Bad Is the Plastic Pollution in the Atlantic?
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:00:00 EST - A recently released 22-year-long study provides a clear look into the huge problem of plastic pollution in the Atlantic Ocean, but raises an important question: After it enters the water, where is it all going?


Atlantic Ocean - Pollution - Environment - Canada - Earth Sciences


Are Plants Around the World Really Dying?
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:00:00 EST - A new study reveals that plant growth across the globe has decreased in the past 10 years, despite the observed increasing trend of the prior two decades. How can this be?


Biology - Botany - Gardens - Plant - Horticulture


How to Safely Capture the Rain
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:30:00 EST - Rain barrels are a popular aid for gardening, landscaping and cleaning at home. Before setting up your own rain barrel, here's what you should know about how to guard against disease and insure best water quality.


Garden - Rainwater tank - Rain - Water quality - Home


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Tips on Safely Capturing the Rain
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:30:00 EST - Here are more safety tips to guard against bacteria and disease, insuring the best water quality and aesthetic presentation.


Water quality - Bacteria - Environment - Water Resources - Drinking water


Ambitious, Incredible DIY Telescopes
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:30:00 EST - Many telescope makers start because making is cheaper than buying. Here are the coolest DIY telescopes from Stellafane—mirrors and all.


Astronomy - Telescope - Stellafane - Amateur - Business


What Will Get NASA to Space Next? The Many Possibilities
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST - What will NASA's next heavy-lift vehicle and rocket system look like? Here are the many possibilities.


NASA - Technology - Space - Rocket - Education


How Will The Gulf Oil Spill Affect Public Health?
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:00:00 EST - A new commentary penned by public health researchers outlines the health-related repercussions of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.


Deepwater Horizon - Environment - Oil spill - Energy - Petroleum in the Environment


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Robot Room

i, Randy Robot Showcase.

Budget Robotics

URC Robots Universal Robot Controls & Automation (URC)

The Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics (LPR) is in the Computer Science Department at UMass, Amherst.

Lynx Motion intelligently designed, precision engineered robot kits and components. 

 

The Wooden menace - Robotic Arm.

This project is a robotic arm made mostly from Wood. It cost less than $50 to make and has a lot of the functionality that any normal robotic arm would have. It is controlled by a PIC MicroController and cloned PS1 controller.

RoboPUC is the name of the Branch of Robotics of the School of Engineering of the PUC. This is a group of professors and students, whose objectives are to harness the interest by the robotics by means of the development of projects, works altogether and aids for students. (Translated to English).

Robot SDKs Learn about new Software Development Kits for robots and robotic-enhanced products, including AIBO, Lego Mindstorms, Evolution Robotics and various open source projects. From About AI

Robotic software development. The software for robotic controller is developed in collaboration with the CISAS of University of Padova. (Andrea Bulgarelli's Home Page)

RT Middleware Developed for Realizing Open Robot Architecture. For Creation of New Industry of Service Robotsx

Robot Gossip Blogspot  (More Blog Links)

Blog about Robots  (More Blog Links)

Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog Robots  (More Blog Links)

BRF Design

Mikael's MHEX II Walking Hexapod Project

Sexy Robot" Used to describe Hajime Sorayama's renditions of the female robot forms which is covered with silver metal, first created in 1979. Initially, Sorayama had the idea to combine robots with eroticism to create the "Sexy Robots". Those are now becoming reality through the work of technicians in robotics labs all over the world. Human female looking robots are called Gynoids (also Fembots) as opposed to Androids which are based on the human male characteristics. This site features all kinds of life-like robots and not only "Sexy Robots". :-)

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PaPeRo Robots

Introduce Themselves. ITU Telecom World 2006, Hong Kong. NEC is showing their robot PaPeRo. In the video, PaPeRo tell us its name in Japanese, English, Chinese (Putonghua), German and French; afterwards they dance together. Watch the video.

Phoenix Area Robotics eXperimenters

Seattle Robotics Society

The Robotics Laboratory. (Department of Mechanical Engineering).  University of Maryland. Affiliated with Center for Automation Research is the Robotics Laboratory of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, which is directed by Prof. Jackson C.S. Yang. It was established in 1983, with primary activities in education, research and industrial interaction.

  MIT Tech TV (Video's).
 The video-sharing site for the MIT community. It supports community through the aggregation and distribution of science, engineering,
MIT's Robotic Life Research group   Techtv (Video's) Upload yours.  More Videos to Watch and Video Publishing

UC Berkeley Robotics and Intelligent Machines Lab

Robots, Robotics And Automation for Talking Electronics

Robostrider The study of live water striders led us to attempt the construction of a mechanical water strider "Robostrider". The challenge was to build a device capable of self propulsion light enough to be supported by surface tension. At the scale where surface tension is important, the weight of a handmade water strider increases with complexity; therefore it was important to develop a very simple driving mechanism.

Micromechanical Flying Insect (MFI) Project

Robot Insects an information resource for students, robot enthusiasts and anybody else who is looking for information on six-legged robots. As well as offering a comprehensive foundation in hexapod robot subjects this site also offers a carefully researched resource page.  Robot Insect Resources Links.

ii Robotics

The ME2011 Robot Project is a chance for students in ME2011 Introduction to Engineering to be creative, to face a substantial challenge, to show off, and to stretch themselves as designers.

Software Verification and Validation Plan (SVVP) for the Robot Development Project (RDP). The goal of the project is to deliver a software package capable of controlling the ASEA Irb6 robot at the faculty of Electrical Engineering of Eindhoven University of Technology. The project and the documents to be delivered are organised according to the ESA Software Engineering Standards [ESA]). The project's verification and validation activities are described this SVVP, it also contains plans for testing the software.

Field And Space Robotics Laboratory Microbots project studies a new mission concept for planetary exploration, based on the deployment of a large number of small spherical mobile robots (microbots) over vast areas of a planet's surface and subsurface, including structures such as caves and near-surface crevasses.     Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

Microrobotics and Millirobotics Research. Micromechanical Flying Insect (MFI) Project.

Biomimetic Millisystem Lab harness features of animal manipulation, locomotion, sensing, actuation, mechanics, dynamics, and control strategies to radically improve millirobot capabilities. Research in the lab ranges from fundamental understanding of mechanical principles to novel fabrication techniques to system integration of autonomous millirobots.

Autonomous Jumping Microrobots

Microbot L1 Electronics (Translated to English)

Precise Miniature Robots and Desktop Flexible Production   AOLAB and UEC. Tokyo and Japan, (Japanese translated) Aoyama Lab for Desktop Micro Robot Factory.

Rug Warrior Robot Dreams The Rug Warrior Pro robot is an outgrowth of an MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) robotics design course.

Robotics Online

Society of Robots (Includes The $50 Robot Tutorial)  Also Experimental Robot Platform (ERP)

IGERT Neuromechanics is a multidisciplinary graduate program at Case Western Reserve University. Neuro-mechanical systems include natural, man-made, or hybrid systems combining neural controllers and mechanical peripheries. Examples include natural organisms, biologically inspired robots, and neuroprostheses for restoring motor function in the disabled.

Biologically Inspired Robotics Lab dedicated to the advancement of the field of robotics using insights gained through the study of biological mechanisms.

The Robot Scientist Project A multidisciplinary research project involving expertise from Computer Science and Microbiology,

Boulette's Robotics page

Thinkl33t Robotics

Robotics Research Topics. Roadmap of AIM Lab Robot Development.

Robot Enthusiasts! Firmly Founded. And Proudly Growing with over 4,000 members from across the globe.

The Robotics Research Laboratory is part of the Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems (CRES) at USC.   Robot Movies

Physical computing. It's an approach to learning how humans communicate through computers that starts by considering how humans express themselves physically.

Techgeek Building a Robotic Community.

Jeff's All Things Robot, (plenty of links)    Jeff Robots

From Bits to Bytes to Bots

Machine Brain Robots and Smart Machines.

X Robots Robots for all occasions.

Learn about robotics

Hackaday Rrobots Hacks

Build a working robot   Boys Life

The Robot Hall of Fame recognizes excellence in robotics technology worldwide and honors the fictional and real robots that have inspired and made breakthrough accomplishments in robotics. The Robot Hall of Fame was created by Carnegie Mellon University in April 2003 to call attention to the increasing contributions from robots to human society

Robotics Connection

Robot Lab

Pololu, your source for robot kits, robot parts, and robot electronics.

PETMAN Prototype   Biped robot the balances dynamically

Using a human-like "Heal to Toe Walking" motion.

It is a close relative to BigDog sharing elements of the mechanical design and control.

Vivid Videos Demonstrate SuperBot Progress.  SuperBot Robot Can Construct Itself

Cool Robot Of The WeekReal Robots on the Web.   Robot Tools.  NASA Space Telerobotics Program, now part of Office of Space Science.

Types of RobotsSome Ways to Use Robots.  (NASA)

Robotics Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mobility and Robotic Systems. NASA

Portland Area Robotics Society An Oregon non-profit formed to help those interested in learning about and building robots.

Robotics and Automation Laboratory at the University of Western Australia, Perth.

Open University Robotics Outreach Group

Robotics Online

Robot Magazine, Bot Mag

Red Rover Goes to Mars

Dallas Personal Robotics Group

Machine Intelligence Group, India

MegaGiant Robotics

Space Daily Robots

Beagle 2 - A UK robot lander on Mars

Robot Space Explorers - An educators and enthusiasts guide

5 Strange Japanese Robots  Hacked Gadgets

SuperDroid Robots provide a wide range of robot kits.

Robotics Engineering program at WPI

The Robot Store

Roboworld

HRIWeb: The Human-Robot Interaction Site

Hardware Guides, BIOS, Drivers, DLL files and Peripherals

Programming Languages and Computer Code and Scripting

How Robots work. How Stuff Works

AREXX Engineering manufacture and distribute a wide range of electronic products for hobby, professional and educational use.

Science Tech Robot links.

Future-Bots Robotic parts and systems and Vintage and New hard-to-find items including Integrated Circuits, CPU's, Memory, Linear Devices, Transistors, and more.

The ROVer Ranch An interactive, Web-based robotics workshop for assembling the hardware and instructions for a software robot to perform a mission in a virtual environment.    Robot Activity Links.    Other Robot Links.

Robot.org.uk This site is a guide for robot builders. There are lists of robotics books, magazines, CD-ROMs, kits, component suppliers, information sources and events.

Epanorama Robotics Links  Epanorama web site, which is dedicated to offer information on electronics found from the web. Lot's or electronic, computer and other related links.

Robot Power

Zach's Cool Stuff. Where people come to expand their knowledge of electronics, robotics, and technology through hands-on projects (i.e., Building Cool Stuff).

Cool Robots at Dartmouth College Scalable, Solar-Powered, autonomous science platforms from the Antarctic.

Smart Robots  Open Robot Network (ORN) members are improving and expanding upon the protocols, languages, applications, and technologies of the SR4 that support robot-to-robot and robot-to-person communication over the Internet.

The Robot Group was founded in the Spring of 1989 by a small group of Austin, TX artists and engineers who shared a common vision: utilizing technology to provide and explore new mediums for art.

Team Stupid Robots is dedicated to providing and supporting economical motor and motion control solutions for a wide variety industrial, research, hobby, and military/police applications.  Robot Links

VMRP wall climbing robot able to climb walls

Tech-supplies The online shop for all your PICAXE, electronic, robotic and educational technology projects.

The Robix Rascal Classroom Robot Set

Popular Mechanics Robotics

Robots Rule PC Robots Forum/Robot Forums - Community Robots Forums. This forum is dedicated to the discussion of PC controlled robots, androids, robotics, and robot hobbyists.

A Robot Club Forum Index  More Forums

Robot Watch. A Japanese site (translated into English).

RoboteQ Embedded System and Motor Control Specialists.

Robot Marketplace

Stepper Motor using the original floppy disk drive for IBM-PCs. (Quite a number of other similar links)

Robot store UK

IFI Robotics The Art of Science and Control

Rogue Robotics

Robotic System Laboratory Embedded Systems Recourses

Micro Dones GmbH. Development of robotic aerial vehicles. Production of rotary wing based VTOL MAV's. (VTOL = Vertical Take Off and Landing, MAV = Micro Aerial Vehicle).

The Robotics Institute   Robot Programming Code. Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University.

  Globalspec Engineering Search Engine

Botball Store All proceeds from the Botball Store go to support educational robotics programs.

AVR and Robotics A collection of robot electronics information.

Mike's Electric Stuff High Voltage, Valves and other electrical stuff.  Which is better, PIC or AVR ? Let's have a heated debate....

Robot-Crawler 6 legs servo Atmel controller  Atmel Website

Larry Barello's AVR and Robotics

Mark III Robot Store

Neil's Hardware using Macxeno Items

Beyond Logic

Interfacing Discussion Group Archives

Make a Marker-Writing Robot out of an Old Inket printer and an iRobot Create

Micromagic Systems® Supply animatronic, robotic and puppet control systems and services to the film and television industry. Most recent projects include "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban".

GKDesign specialises in developing prototypes for your robotics and electronics needs.

Silicon Chip Australia's electronics magazine, and is primarily directed to professionals, trades people and enthusiasts in the electronics, electrical, computer and related fields.

Stop the construction of Killer Robots It has been claimed that mass assembling an army of giant KILLER ROBOTS to destroy the world that we live. Sign a Petition to help stop this.

Engineering TV, an innovative online video program by engineers for engineers. Twice a week, each 5-8 minute episode shows cutting-edge technology in action and looks behind the scenes as today's engineers shape tomorrow's breakthroughs. Brought to you by the Penton Media Design and Electronics Engineering groups.

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Fighting Robots (Some may be listed under other sections)   Any mechanical device could be dangerous take all safely precaution's.

Japanese Two Legged Fighting Robots RoboGames humanoid smack-down

RoboGames 2008 Watching the humanoid battles.

A Technical Guide To Building Fighting Robots

The Fighting Robot Association

Extreme Fighting Machines

Robot Wars

Robot Combat

Robot Solutions LLC A source for high quality PMDC motor controls and accessories. We have motor controllers for all types of motors and Battlebots.

Battlebots

RealTimeBattle is a programming game, in which robots controlled by programs are fighting each other. The goal is to destroy the enemies, using the radar to examine the environment and the cannon to shoot.

Cool Robots (My Robot can beat up your Robot)

Fighting Robots:-

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Other Links (Some may be listed under other sections)    Any mechanical device could be dangerous take all safely precaution's.

3D Printer MakeBot  and 3D Printing MakeBot  also see 3D Printers. Three dimensional printers. Printing Physical Objects. Making things by printing them out. Fast prototype, fast prototyping

Bug Labs buildable electronics at CES 2009 (I/O attachment, could may be used for control of robotics). Watch all the video :)

The Microsoft Robotics Studio is a Windows-based environment for academic, hobbyist and commercial developers to easily create robotics applications across a wide variety of hardware.

The Microsoft® Robotics Developer Studio (Microsoft RDS) is a Windows®-based environment for academic, hobbyist, and commercial developers to easily create robotics applications across a wide variety of hardware. Microsoft RDS includes a lightweight asynchronous services-oriented runtime, a set of visual authoring and simulation tools, as well as templates, tutorials, and sample code to help you get started.  More Microsoft® Links

PC Robots Forum/Robot Forums  More Forums

Open Hardware Licenses Open (source) hardware is a licensing agreement for electromechanical projects. That is to say, electronics and robotics and other mechanical projects are open hardware if they are documented and published under an open hardware license.

Control. Global online community of automation professionals.

MORP or Module Orientated Robotic Programming is a small framework designed to bring base implementations in order to easily connect modules such as a NXT or Bioloid Robot. It provides its own scripting languages called 'morp' dedicated to robot programming.  More Programming Languages

RoSH, (Restriction of Hazardous Substances), also known as Lead-Free. RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC restricts the use of six hazardous materials found in electrical and electronic products. All applicable products in the EU market after July 1, 2006 must pass RoHS compliance. RoHS impacts the entire electronics industry.

WEEE, (Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment). WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC mandates the treatment, recovery and recycling of electric and electronic equipment (90% ends up in landfills). All applicable products in the EU market after August 13, 2006 must pass WEEE compliance and carry the "Wheelie Bin" sticker.

Nanobots, NanoRobots, Nanotechnolgy. Dangers of Nanotechnology. Is Nanotechnology dangerous?

Electronics, Electronic components and Electronics Circuits.

3D Printers. Three dimensional printers. Printing Physical Objects. Making things by printing them out. Fast prototype, fast prototyping

Computer Numerically Controlled, CNC

Hardware Guides, BIOS, Drivers, DLL files and Peripherals

RFID, Radio Frequency ID, Radio Frequency IDentification

Compare Bargains on Hardware and Peripherals

Operating Systems and Graphical User Interfaces. Windows Visa/XP, Linux, Apple, BeOS, etc.

Mill Engine. Engineering and Mechanical Portal.  Engineering links, Mechanical links, engineers, machines, engines. Civil Engineering,  architecture, construction, transportation, etc...

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